charliej Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hi Rob I have just been given a Thorneycroft Amazon by my Godfather. Personally I don't know much of it's history at the moment, but this will be passed to me in time, other than it was bought about 15 years ago from the London area. It's currently in Hampshire & in need of restoration!! It was driven to its current resting place & I don't think it's been started since. Fitted with a 5 or 6 ton coles crane. Attached images taken May 2010. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtskull Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 For what it's worth, in the early 1980's there was a very derelict Thornycroft (which I am pretty sure was an Amazon) in a scrapyard which occupied the disused railway trackbed near Singleton station, just north of Chichester. The yard appeared to specialise in S and TK Bedfords, so I don't know what the Thornycroft was doing there but it appeared to have been there a long time. Looking at Google earth, there still appear to be a lot of vehicles on the site, so who knows? it may be still there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G506 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hi mtskull, the yard you describe sounds a lot like Potter's, who over the years had a lot of very interesting vehicles through their gates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangie Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I'm trying to suss out specs and weights for an Amazon. I am seriously considering one that has been offered to me. :-D What would the Thornycroft chassis model be for a LWB? Petrol/diesel engine model? I understand it was a Coles Mk7 Petrol-electric 5-tonne crane? I have heard mutterings of Mk6 and 6-tonne but don't think that is correct. Could anyone point me in the right direction for manuals/handbooks etc. Regards, Alec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 A SWB schould be petrol and the LWB diesel. The data plates on mine says 5 tonne. Get it, they are lovely and rare. I havent been able to find any manuals for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 The long wheelbase Amazons were petrol or diesel, depending on the model number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Do you know when, in chassis numbers, they change over ? another Amazon have been found in good condition i Norway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Do you know when, in chassis numbers, they change over ? another Amazon have been found in good condition i Norway. Hi Niels, The lwb Amazon with petrol engine was known as a WF8/AC6 (AC6 being designation of the 100bhp 6-cyl petrol engine). The diesel model was a WF8/NR8 (NR8 is the diesel engine type). No idea if there was a changeover date or whether fuel choice depended on the contract details. A lot of survivors are more likely to have been dieselised in commercial use anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell sprout Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Does anyone happen to know how heavy the actual coles crane part is on its own please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughman Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 There are a number of Rail mounted Coles Cranes. Upperworks mainly seem the same, just the big bit below the Turntable ring is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughman Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Found this at Elvington this morning. Hiding around the back of the hanger, it is part of the museums stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 That sign at Elvington. It has a significant error. There is NO "e" in the name Thornycroft as the manufacturer. Who will tell them of their wrong doings! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peak1 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Trying to find pictures and survivors of the Thornycroft Amazon 6x4 lorry, it was used by the RAF in WW2 with a coles crane on the back, Airfix do a nice kit of one. I've seen a late version at the Yorkshire Air Museum but i've seen a couple more in magazines and one on tv which is the earlier version like the Airfix kit depicts, can anyone help? Cheers, Rob Rob we have one in the South Yorkshire Transport Museum under restoration Google SYTM David. Edited January 8, 2015 by Peak1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hopefully you will be able to see this one by following the link below: http://www.fun-fairs.co.uk/topic/71580-t-whitelegg-sons-thornycroft-amazon-vanguard/ Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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